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The Roman Glass That Changed China: Silk Road's Forgotten Cargo
Glass. Not silk, not spices — but Roman glass found its way deep into Han dynasty tombs, transforming Chinese art and technology. This episode follows a single shard of soda-lime glass excavated at Hepu, Guangxi, in the 1950s, and traces it back to the furnaces of Alexandria and the Levant. We explore how the Han emperors prized Roman glass above their own celadon, how the Parthians controlled the overland route, and how maritime monsoon traders from the Red Sea docked at Jiaozhi (modern Vietnam) to exchange Syrian glass for Chinese silk. Lucas and Luna unpack the chemistry of Roman natron…
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